Dare to be a dazzling mother

Celebrate your body with a painting

About a year ago I launched the “naked belly” painting option. I wanted to celebrate women’s body, specially during pregnancy. When I first decided to offer that option I was´t aware of how important it was going to be for so many women.

I started to get lots of mails of people with a hard time accepting their maternal bodies and felt the urge to look at them selves with different eyes.

I painted many naked pregnant and postpartum mother’s on beautiful painting sessions, when we had the opportunity to talk about our fears and expectations and all changes we go thought in life ( not only maternity).

I don´t have many examples of these paintings to show you, because most of these mother’s want to do this for themselves and don´t feel comfortable to publish it on the web. It’s their own testimonial of a journey to be kept within the family.

C-Section scars, sagging breasts, stretch marks and varicose veins are referred as a “problems to be fixed”. When they don´t, people feel their bodies are not good looking and my paintings show them the opposite, their bodies are more beautiful than ever and can even inspire incredible paintings.

Julia is from The Netherlands and she’s pregnant with her first baby. Her friend Rita decided to offer her a painting.

Rita sent me many photos of Julia and her baby bump, but my favourite was, no doubt, this one, on the beach, in her bikini. I asked Rita if she though Julia would like to be painted wearing nothing more than a bikini and I loved her answer, something like – “Here ( in Amsterdam), women feel very comfortable with their bodies so use the photo that inspires you the most”.

And here it is, my inspiration of a dazzling, graceful , stunning mom to be and her lovely baby bump showed with no clothes on… Gorgeous, don´t you think?

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Bellysketcher
Bellysketcher creates your exclusive hand made family portrait with watercolor painting.
It´s made with all her dedication, attention to detail and most important, with her sense of your own family.
Bellysketcher maternity pictures are much more than maternity photos. Every single watercolor is an interpretation of one’s parenting Love representing what can´t be seen with a camera.
Beautiful paintings that will last a life time of memories.
Perfect for you or as a gift to someone special.
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